Corn-planter attachment.



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Specification of Letters Jaltent.I 14;;` 1919..

. Application nJetl .l une 8. 1918. i Serial Ho. 238.9%.

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Fe` it lmovvn that l. Grenen Yonneimn, a citizen of the United Statearesiding. at Gladstone, in the county of Ramsey, township of New Canada, and` State ofMinnesota,route 2, haveinvented` certain new and useful improvements in Corn-Planter Attachments, of which the following-isa specification.

rllhis invention relatesto` improvements in fertilizer attachments for planting implements and more particularly for hand corn planters.

An object of the invention is to provide a corn planting device useful in small farm.- ing, whereby a uantity of fertilizer may be deposited with t e seed at each planting op eration without involving any special action on the part of the operator other than is at present required in the ordina-ry hand planter.

A further object is to provide a device that may be cheaply made and which will be light in weight and of simple construction.

The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts here inafter described and claimed.

Figure l is a perspective view of the invention,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of a detail partly broken away,

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional side view of the lower portion of the invention, u

Fig. d is a sectional side view of the seed spout, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the valves. u

ltleferring to the drawings7 A represents a frame of a corn planter, B the seed or supply holding' bon thereon` and C the seed apportioning slide or valve. The frame comprises a pair of upwardly and outwardly extending handle bearing vibratory levers@ and 2 pivotally joined together near their lower extremities, the pivot 3 forming a fulcrum upon which the levers move when vibrated so as to cause their respective ends to move in opposite directions. The lower ends of the levers are formed with symmetrically disposed sheet metal spouts 4l secured on the levers and carrying the pivot 3 thereof, and forming when the levers are in spread position at their tops, a wedge shaped seed and fertilizer holding receptacle or dieeharge spout which may be projected `into.. the ground, and then caused to open by moving said levers from their spread position.

The seedv'box B is secured on the .outer side .of the lever 2, the latter being formed on its 5 respectively and projects into andslides von the iioor of the seed box B. An opening 9 in the slide is adapted to receive a. charge of seed from the seed box when the levers are brought together as shown in Fig. 3, the charge of seed being carried into the duct 5 when the levers are actuated outwardly.

Obviously, (Fig. 3) when the levers are moved toward each other the spouts l separate and discharge their contents, while at the same time, the opening 9 is lling with seed to be carried to the duct 5 in the nent subsequent operation.

The fertilizer distributing device is supported on the outer side of the lever 2 and comprises a fertilizer holding receptacle l having a hinged cover 11 at its top and fertilizer apportioning and distributing means at its bottoni. rlhe apportioning and distributing1 means comprises a rotary cylindrical valve plug l2 pierced by a transverse passage or port 13, said plug being rotatably mounted in the bottom of the receptacle 10, the upper end of the passage 13 being adapted to register with the downwardly directed passage llin said bottom.

A downwardly and inwardly directed passage l is adapted to register with the lower end of the passage 13 and leads from the peripheral face of the valve plug, piercing the lever 2 and thus communicating with the interior of the fertilizer duct 1,6. said duct leading downwardly to the receptacle formed by the spouts d.

A crank 17 secured to the plug l2 is piv otally connected at its outer end with a connecting1 rod 18. the latter having` pivotal con nection at its other end. with the lever Q. When the levers f2 and 2 are actuated, the valve plugg1 1Q. through the medium of the rod 18, will be caused to rotate until it assumes the position shown in Fig. 3, wherein it is in. register with the passage ld and in position to receive a charge of fertilizer from the supply in receptacle 10.

' It will be noted that the passage l5 is now closed. When the levers are moved to their extreme outward normal position the passages 13 and 15 will have moved into register and the passa e 14 closed as indicated in dot; ted lines 1g. l), the fertilizer passing through the passage 15 and the duct 16 into the receptacle formed by the spouts fl. Thus a predetermined quantlty of seed and fertilizer is separately discharged, rst, into the ducts 5 and 16 with each outward movement of the levers, and then into the ground by the return inward movement of the levers.

The quantity of fertilizer constituting a charge may be varied by simply inserting plugs with ports or passages of different capacity.

While applicant has shown the invention as applied toa hand planter, it is to be unsaid boxes comprising two passages in said box, a rotary valve having a port and rotatable between said two passages to bring its port alternately in register with each of said passages when it is rotated as and for the purpose specilied.

ln testimony whereof l aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE YOUNGMAN.

Witnesses GEORGE VOELKER, F. WINKLER.

Gopes of this patent may be obtained for ilve cents each, 'by addressing the commissioner of Patente,

. Washington, D. G. 

